Lôn Las Menai

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Coordinates: 52°58′37″N4°15′54″W / 52.977°N 4.265°W / 52.977; -4.265 Lôn Las Menai is part of Lôn Las Cymru, the Welsh National Cycle Route, which is about 400 km (250 mi) long.

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Lôn Las Menai is the section which runs for 6.5 km (4.0 mi) along a section of the former Caernarfon to Bangor railway trackbed. From the north of Caernarfon it just runs to the other side of Y Felinheli. [1]

Caernarfon town and port in Gwynedd, Wales

Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,615. It lies along the A487 road, on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) to the north-east, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and south-east. Carnarvon and Caernarvon are Anglicised spellings that were superseded in 1926 and 1974, respectively. The villages of Bontnewydd and Caeathro are close by. The town is also noted for its high percentage of native Welsh speakers. Due to this, Welsh is often the predominant language of the town.

Bangor, Gwynedd city in Gwynedd, Wales

Bangor is a city and community in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales, and one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. Historically in Caernarfonshire, it is a university city with a population of 18,808 at the 2011 census, including around 10,500 students at Bangor University. It is one of only six places classed as a city in Wales, although it is only the 25th-largest urban area by population. At the 2001 census, 46.6% of the non-student resident population spoke Welsh.

The Bangor and Carnarvon Railway was a railway connecting Caernarvon railway station with Bangor in Caernarfonshire, Wales, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (C&HR).

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